Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Each week, nearly 4.5 million people listen to the show's intimate conversations broadcast on more than 450 National Public Radio (NPR) stations across the country, as well as in Europe on the World Radio Network.
Though Fresh Air has been categorized as a "talk show," it hardly fits the mold. Its 1994 Peabody Award citation credits Fresh Air with "probing questions, revelatory interviews and unusual insights." And a variety of top publications count Gross among the country's leading interviewers. The show gives interviews as much time as needed, and complements them with comments from well-known critics and commentators.
Fresh Air is produced at WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and broadcast nationally by NPR.
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We listen back to interviews recorded in the aftermath of Sept. 11, with a particular focus on stories of survival and loss at the World Trade Center, and some reflections in poetry and music.
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Sports journalist Sabreena Merchant says culture war issues related to race and trans athletes threaten to overshadow exceptional play on the WNBA court. -
Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock return, playing witchy sisters living under a centuries-old family spell. Practical Magic 2 is a mildly enjoyable sequel that's bigger on fan service than freshness. -
In Homeland: The War on Terror in American Life, Richard Beck links the attacks to an expansion of government surveillance, increased hate crimes against Muslim Americans and the rise of Donald Trump.
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A decade ago, Gerald was a rising star, a Yale and Harvard graduate running a celebrated nonprofit. Then he shut it all down. His new book is an argument for forging a different path.
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Second City TV was a low-budget sketch comedy show that came out of Canada in the mid-1970s and aired until 1984. Netflix's new six-season collection is an (almost) complete treasure trove of SCTV.
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Rosanne Cash was 18 when her famous dad gave her a list of 100 essential country songs he thought she needed to know. She's since worked across many musical genres. Originally broadcast Oct. 5, 2009.
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Blending live action with animation, Coyote vs. Acme is a spoof of the classic legal thriller. Think The Verdict or Erin Brockovich — but steeped in the surreal anarchy of Looney Tunes.
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In 2015, the trailblazing feminist told Fresh Air she that had entered a new phase in life, one in which "you can do what you want." Steinem died Sept. 2 at the age of 92. -
Seventeen-year-old Isabel tees up balls for golfers in a lush luxury oasis in Manila. It's the feature film debut of writer and director Rafael Manuel, and every shot of Filipiñana churns with life.
